Backend Software Engineer

Nightfall AI

Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaHybridFull-timeNo compensation foundPosted 2mo agoVerified open 5 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation

No compensation found

Location

Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaHybrid

Schedule

Full-time

Work Authorization

Not specified

Job overview

Nightfall AI is hiring a Backend Software Engineer. Nightfall AI is seeking a Backend Engineer to help deliver their AI-native, unified data loss prevention and insider risk management platform. This role involves architecting low-latency, real-time microservices that process and detect sensitive data at scale, ensuring the platform is reliable and secure.

Key focus areas include Build highly available and secure authentication and API services, Maintain and evolve mission-critical internal databases and services, and Optimize and operate high volume auto-scaling streaming data services.

Successful candidates bring 5+ Years Experience. Important skills include Python, Go, Java, C++, Eagerness To Learn, and Running Scalable Systems. Preferred (not required): Building Highly Available Authentication Services, Building Secure Authentication Services, Building Highly Available API Services, and Building Secure API Services.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

PythonGoJavaC++Eagerness to LearnRunning Scalable SystemsRunning Reliable SystemsDeveloping Complex Software SystemsProduction Quality DeploymentMonitoringReliabilityDistributed Storage SystemsDatabase SystemsSQLNoSQLMySQLCassandraDecompose Complex Business ProblemsLead a TeamBuilding Large Scale Data Processing PipelinesBuilding Real-Time Complex Data Processing PipelinesKafkaHadoopHiveStormZookeeperBuilding Highly Available Authentication ServicesBuilding Secure Authentication ServicesBuilding Highly Available API ServicesBuilding Secure API ServicesMaintaining Mission-Critical Internal DatabasesEvolving Mission-Critical Internal DatabasesMaintaining Mission-Critical Internal ServicesEvolving Mission-Critical Internal ServicesOptimizing High Volume Auto-Scaling Streaming Data ServicesInstrumenting Streaming Data ServicesWriting DocumentationMaintaining Documentation

Qualifications

5+ Years of Experience

Full job description

About Nightfall:

Nightfall is the AI-native, unified data loss prevention and insider risk management platform that protects sensitive data across SaaS apps, GenAI tools, email, endpoint devices, and more. Hundreds of customers, spanning AI innovators to top 10 banks, trust Nightfall to detect and stop data exfiltration at scale. Nightfall enables organizations to innovate freely without the risks of losing intellectual property or exposing customer data. Our agentic platform helps security teams regain their time by putting data loss prevention on autopilot. With automatic remediation, security violations can be resolved automatically before they become incidents, and end-users can be automatically trained and coached in the moment to self-heal violations that they introduce.

Nightfall is backed by leading VC firms including Bain Capital Ventures (Enrique Salem - former CEO of Symantec), Venrock (early investors in Cloudflare), WestBridge Capital, Pear VC (early investors in Dropbox and Doordash), and a cadre of cybersecurity leaders including Frederic Kerrest (founder of Okta), Maynard Webb (former COO of eBay), Ryan Carlson (President of Chainguard), Kevin Mandia (founder of Mandiant), and many others.

About the role:

As a Backend Engineer at Nightfall, you’ll enable us to deliver our platform reliably, securely, and at a massive scale. You’ll help architect low latency, real-time microservices that process & detect sensitive data at scale.

Responsibilities

Building highly available and secure authentication and API services.
Maintaining and evolving mission-critical internal databases and services.
Optimizing and operating high volume auto-scaling streaming data services.
Instrumenting streaming data services for visibility into utilization per customer.
Writing and maintaining documentation about internal and public services.

Requirements

Expertise in one or more systems/high-level programming languages (e.g. Python, Go, Java, C++) and the eagerness to learn more.
Experience running scalable (thousands of RPS) and reliable (three 9’s) systems.
Experience with developing complex software systems scaling to substantial data volumes or millions of users with production quality deployment, monitoring, and reliability.
Experience with large-scale distributed storage and database systems (SQL or NoSQL, e.g. MySQL, Cassandra)
Ability to decompose complex business problems and lead a team in solving them
Data Processing - experience with building and maintaining large scale and/or real-time complex data processing pipelines using Kafka, Hadoop, Hive, Storm, or Zookeeper
5+ years of experience

Environment

Nightfall AI takes pride in being an equal-opportunity employer. We value a diverse and global talent pool and the collaboration that results from having a diverse and inclusive team. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. Our hiring decisions are based exclusively on merit, qualifications, and business needs.

Compensation

Employee compensation will be determined based on interview performance, level of experience, specialization of skills, and market rate. During the offer discussion, your recruiter will review the finalized base salary, bonus (for applicable roles), benefits & perks, and stock options as they’ll be reflected in the offer letter.

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